Hi Jeff, I think this is exactly how things need to be done, these two project need to grow together.
We are starting drafting the project in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps. Please feel free to add to it! Looking forward to what this will turn into! Susanna 2013/4/17 Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> > Hi Susanna - > > This sounds like a great project! > > Much of what you're describing sounds similar to the workflow we're > thinking about here on the OHM list - digitize & georeference old maps, and > then translate that data into OSM-style vector information for rendering of > historic-based tiles, give t, x, y, and z. > > Have you given any thought to using OHM as a part of your workflow? If > not, how could we make it appealing and usable for your goals? > > - Jeff > > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Susanna Ånäs <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Everyone! >> >> My name is Susanna Ånäs and I am active in the Finnish Wikimedia. We have >> a cooperation project going with the Finnish National Archives with their >> historical maps and this has given us the opportunity to look anew at the >> Wikimaps environment. >> http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiprojekti_Historialliset_kartat/In_english >> >> Wikimaps was introduced as a concept by Maarten Dammers >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Wikimaps >> . The idea is to combine environments in Wikimedia to form a maps >> environment for scanned (historical) maps. I introduced the idea at >> GLAM-Wiki in London and I have my presentation slides on Sideshare at >> http://www.slideshare.net/susannaanas/glam-wiki-wikimaps >> . >> >> A test environment is planned to be put up for testing for the Amsterdam >> Hackathon http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013, more >> info to follow. We'll put up a Wikimaps page in >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps >> and gather material there (Feel free to start, I have not yet had the >> time :) >> >> Join the discussion about the project on [email protected] list! >> >> Nice to know all of you! >> >> Best regards, >> Susanna Ånäs >> User:Susannaanas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >> >> > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > [email protected] > 206-676-2347 > > OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Open Historical Map > (OHM) <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM > user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> > t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> > f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory> > > > >
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